From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 1cust75.tnt3.honolulu.hi.da.uu.net ([63.25.83.75] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 174W77-0005Nh-00 for ; Sun, 05 May 2002 20:12:26 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4606XL18705 for ; Sun, 5 May 2002 20:06:36 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 14:06:33 -1000 (HST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: GNOME Accessibility Update In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Both. Sun is building accessibility support into OpenOffice, and a Sun team in Peiking is doing the same for Mozilla. On Sun, 5 May 2002, Ryan Mann wrote: > > Will this gnopernicus screen reader be able to read applications such as > Mozilla or Open Office? or will an application have to be written > specifically for the Gnome desktp? > On Sun, 5 May 2002, Janina > Sajka wrote: > > > I thought folks on this list would appreciate the following > > progress report on GNOME accessibility: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Bill Haneman > > > > As Marc indicated things are pretty busy here. The GNOME architecture > > and initial implementations of the APIs are nearly complete, we are > > working in several areas. > > > > GNOME 2 is nearing community 2.0(.0) release. We are hoping to get the > > kinks ironed out with regard to keyboard navigation and theme support. > > We are working on some GTK+ themes for low vision including > > high-contrast and large-size icons (which have been done tigert and > > jimmac in the GNOME community). > > > > ATK support for the base GTK+ library is substantially complete and we > > expect to have reasonable support for the core GNOME 2 desktop. Apps > > like gedit, gcalc, gnome-terminal, etc and the GNOME 2 panel are > > substantially accessible, though many bugs remain. > > > > Currently I am integrating the Java Accessibility API into the at-spi > > services, so that Java applications using the Java Foundation Classes > > will be accessible in the GNOME environment. > > > > Work is well underway in the open assistive technology projects as well, > > 'gok' the virtual keyboard suite, and the 'gnopernicus' screen reader. > > Our test tools for at-spi are also continuing to develop. > > > > We have a wish list; in addition to getting close to being able to > > integrate contributions of speech and braille drivers, we need: > > > > * a "virtual DDX" for XFree86 (that is, a way to create a virtual > > display framebuffer within a regular X Server instance), for > > magnification; > > > > * assistance in improving the performance of our basic screen > > magnification service; > > > > * a volunteer to port an upcoming new X extension for keysnooping to > > XFree86; > > > > * someone willing to tackle the issues of accessibility for an open PDF > > viewer; > > > > * people to port applications, test accessibility, and log bugs. > > > > best regards, > > > > Bill > > > > > Best, > > > > > > --JP > > > > > > ===== > > > - > > > Cell Phone - 206-849-9032 > > > Time Zone - Pacific (-08:00 UTC) > > > Home Page - http://ocularis.sourceforge.net > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > > > http://health.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org